I Finnished Google Twice

#1

Post by utopman » Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 9:57 PM UTC

Re: I Finnished Google Twice

#2

Post by smoldesu » Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 10:16 PM UTC

What are you trying to show here? Could you maybe add a description to the video or at least let people comment on it so we're not forced to ask you here?

Re: I Finnished Google Twice

#3

Post by utopman » Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 10:26 PM UTC

smoldesu wrote: post #2

What are you trying to show here? Could you maybe add a description to the video or at least let people comment on it so we're not forced to ask you here?

I searched last result page on a google search with 1M results announced. On page 20 or so it is shown "display more results" then I clicked it and it still shows 1M results or so. Then I go to last page and it is only on page 40 with few hundreed results in the end.

I guess google knows this and I wonder what is the intention to display 1M result available and let users reach so few in reality. Is it commercial argument ? I hardly belive this is an error. Does it reveal how maybe very fewer data google indexes / retains to keep result efficiency ? Does it reveal some sort of data management / algorithm mechanics from their search engine ?

Re: I Finnished Google Twice

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Post by smoldesu » Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 10:40 PM UTC

utopman wrote: post #3

smoldesu wrote: post #2

What are you trying to show here? Could you maybe add a description to the video or at least let people comment on it so we're not forced to ask you here?

I searched last result page on a google search with 1M results announced. On page 20 or so it is shown "display more results" then I clicked it and it still shows 1M results or so. Then I go to last page and it is only on page 40 with few hundreed results in the end. I guess google knows this and I wonder what is the intention to display 1M result available and let users reach so few in reality. Is it commercial argu…

Google does not show every result for "Hacker News" in their search page, only the most relevant ones. Google's APIs are capable of such a comprehensive search, but by default they won't serve you all billion-some results.